T Stands For Tuesday & Speed Boats, Ice Cream, & a Page for AJJ & TIOT

   We are getting towards the end of June already, I can see now that these warmer months will zip on past us before we know it.

  Tuesday brings us to T with Bluebeard and Elizabeth. Everyone is welcome just share a drink related photo in your post. Link in my right hand column.

  We have learned since living here now full time during the warmer months, that the busiest lake days are late Friday and all day Saturday. Sunday a little bit more so now getting into vacations.
   This past Friday though-surprise-early in the day one couldn't miss the noise of the speed boats. I didn't grab my camera right away because I didn't think about there being Lots of speed boats. It ended up being close to an hour going past us from left to right and then a couple hours later back the other direction.
   It was mesmerizing to watch and listen to them. Sometimes there was a matching helicopter to the speed boat above it. Larry found the event online here  We only saw them on Friday so they must have gone a different direction on the lake the rest of the weekend.
   I did capture a couple videos.

 

and updated: I subscribe to a lake newsletter and they posted a link of all these boats close up-pretty cool looking  go here

I also wanted to make up another batch of the keto ice cream that I had shared in a past post.  I did do a few changes-I doubled the recipe since I have a 2 quart ice cream maker, and I kept the mixture in the refrigerator over nite instead of several hours to make sure it was really chilled.  On the second half of the recipe I wanted to change up some of that cream so the whole recipe was not all cream That was 3 cups-so I used 1 cup cream, 1 cup half and half, and 1 cup whole milk.   I churned it early Sunday morning-and Wow what a difference! It churned up perfectly, I served it around 5 pm Sunday evening-and we loved it so much more. It stayed totally scoopable when taken out of the freezer, and for me I loved the flavor so much more with it not being all cream. Sooo delicious, and did not get icy.
    I made notes of all my changes-so next time I will play with flavor additions. I feel happier with my investment now. I love how this machine works with the no ice and salt.
  I did have about about a half of a cup that wouldn't fit into the machine, so I will be using that in my coffee (smiles)

I was thinking I needed to look for a storage container for my finished ice cream, but then I remembered I kept all of my Mom's freezer containers-she had a few of these 2 quart size down to 1/2 pints-and I know these were made in the USA as they were around when I was a kid at home A nice memory for me.

   For several days now I have been helping Larry with his industrial shelving units that must have held over 100 drawers. He has had these for awhile now-very very heavy shelving that a business was going to toss, but a friend of ours there hated to throw them out that worked at that business and asked Larry if he wanted them Ah Yesss.
    So this is probably at least the 4th time they have been moved. He was not going to move them again but I insisted he make room in the garage (which is his work shop now)  He got help loading them at the woods house-once at the lake, I carried the drawers all in-some were so heavy they had to be at least 50 pounds each-I slid those down the trailer ramp into the garage, and our neighbor and his son and family were in so they got the shelving in the garage for Larry.  (I had to stop him from doing it himself-ugh)
   Many of the drawers needed cleaning up from rat nests and wasp nests.  He is so happy they are here now. (smiles)
    We are actually more rural for shopping at the lake then we were at the woods house.  These drawers are full of all sorts of nuts and bolts etc etc.  He was able to combine many of the drawers to leave room for more items from another cabinet still at the woods house. Those items should fit into the empty drawers he has now.

     Sunday after making the ice cream, I decided to create another journal page for Halle's A Stitch in Time with my other new stamp.  This one just came about theme wise after I got the background on.

  To the left is the background I used-first I glued down a piece of the paper bag to the left and then on top I glued down the packing material.  I got to thinking this looks a bit masculine now-so I grabbed this vintage photo of a gentleman, found this waterfall scene that I used the clock stamp on-and came up with this quote. Across time always a rainbow. 
   I will submit it to Art Journal Journey and to  Try it on Tuesday for their theme Masculine.

On Facebook I am so enjoying all of the photos and videos of Mama bear 399 and her 4 cubs-they are hanging out in the Tetons right now (near Yellowstone)  She is such a good mother and has me smiling every morning from all of the shared photos and videos.
    This one had the name of the photographer on it so sharing it. They are just so cute aren't they??

and for my beverage share for T-this is my newest warm weather beverage-it is a sparkling water with natural flavors and no added artificial sweeteners or sugar. I like it and very refreshing.

I am going to post this early (Sunday evening) as I may be going to the woods house to work Monday and/or Tuesday depending if we get t storms or not.

Happy T everyone